Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2148 of 8 October 2020 amending Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 as regards runway safety and aeronautical data (Text with EEA relevance)

• (c) The aerodrome operator shall establish and implement a programme to monitor the continuous effectiveness of the procedure. The programme shall use braking action reports from aeroplane data that shall be compared with the reported runway conditions.

• (d) The aerodrome operator shall evaluate the performance of winter operations after the end of the winter period in order to identify necessity for:

• (1) additional training requirements;

• (2) update of the procedures;

• (3) additional or different equipment and materials.

ADR.OPS.B.037 Assessment of runway surface condition and assignment of runway condition code

Whenever the contaminants listed in points ADR.OPS.A.060(a) to (e) are present on the surface of a runway, the aerodrome operator shall:

• (a) assign a RWYCC based on the type and depth of the contaminant and temperature;

• (b) inspect the runway whenever the runway surface condition may have changed due to meteorological conditions, assess the runway surface condition and assign a new RWYCC;

• (c) use special air-reports to trigger reassessment of RWYCC.’;

• (s) point ADR.OPS.B.080 is replaced by the following:

‘ADR.OPS.B.080 Marking and lighting of vehicles and other mobile objects

• (a) The aerodrome operator shall ensure that vehicles and other mobile objects, excluding aircraft, on the movement area of the aerodrome are:

• (1) marked by use of conspicuous colours, or display, at suitable locations, flags of appropriate size, chequered pattern and contrasting colours;

• (2) lighted with low-intensity obstacle lights whose type and characteristics are appropriate to their function, if the vehicles and the aerodrome are used at night or in conditions of low visibility. The colour of the lights to be displayed shall be as follows:

• (i) flashing blue for vehicles associated with emergency or security;

• (ii) flashing yellow for other vehicles, including follow-me vehicles;

• (iii) fixed red for objects with limited mobility.

• (b) The aerodrome operator may exempt from point (a) aircraft servicing equipment and vehicles used only on aprons.’;

• (t) point ADR.OPS.C.005 is replaced by the following:

‘ADR.OPS.C.005 Maintenance – General

• (a) The aerodrome operator shall establish and implement a maintenance programme, which includes preventive maintenance where appropriate, to maintain aerodrome facilities, systems and equipment necessary for the operation of the aerodrome in a condition which does not impair the safety, regularity or efficiency of air navigation. The design and implementation of the maintenance programme shall observe human factors principles.

• (b) The aerodrome operator shall ensure that appropriate and adequate means are provided for the effective implementation of the maintenance programme.’;

• (u) the following point ADR.OPS.C.007 is inserted:

‘ADR.OPS.C.007 Maintenance of vehicles

• (a) The aerodrome operator shall:

• (1) establish and implement a maintenance programme, which includes preventive maintenance and observes human factors principles, for rescue and firefighting vehicles, to ensure effectiveness of the vehicles and their equipment and compliance with the specified response time throughout the life of the vehicle;

• (2) ensure the implementation of a maintenance programme for its other vehicles that operate on the movement area or other operational areas.

• (b) The aerodrome operator shall:

• (1) establish procedures to support the implementation of the maintenance programme referred to in point (a);

• (2) ensure that appropriate and adequate means and facilities are provided for its effective implementation;

• (3) keep maintenance records for each vehicle.

• (c) The aerodrome operator shall ensure that organisations that operate or provide services at the aerodrome:

• (1) maintain their vehicles that operate on the movement area or other operational areas, in accordance with an established maintenance programme, including preventive maintenance;

• (2) keep relevant maintenance records.

• (d) The aerodrome operator shall ensure that unserviceable vehicles are not used for operations.’;

• (v) points ADR.OPS.C.010 and ADR.OPS.C.015 are replaced by the following:

‘ADR.OPS.C.010 Maintenance of pavements, other ground surfaces and drainage

• (a) The aerodrome operator shall inspect the surfaces of all movement areas including pavements (runways, taxiways and aprons), adjacent areas and drainage to regularly assess their condition as part of an aerodrome preventive and corrective maintenance programme.

• (b) The aerodrome operator shall:

• (1) maintain the surfaces of all movement areas with the objective of avoiding and eliminating any FOD that might cause damage to aircraft or impair the operation of aircraft systems;

• (2) maintain the surface of runways, taxiways and aprons in order to prevent the formation of harmful irregularities;

• (3) maintain the runway in a condition so as to provide surface friction characteristics at or above the minimum standards;

• (4) periodically inspect and document the runway surface friction characteristics for maintenance purposes. The frequency of those inspections shall be sufficient to determine the trend of the surface friction characteristics of the runway;

• (5) take corrective maintenance action to prevent the runway surface friction characteristics for either the entire runway or a portion thereof, when uncontaminated, from falling below the minimum standards.

ADR.OPS.C.015 Maintenance of visual aids and electrical systems

• (a) The aerodrome operator shall establish and implement a preventive and corrective maintenance programme to ensure the serviceability of the electrical systems and the availability of power supply to all necessary facilities of the aerodrome, in a manner that ensures the safety, regularity and efficiency of air navigation.

• (b) The aerodrome operator shall establish and implement a preventive and corrective maintenance programme to ensure the serviceability of the individual lights and the aerodrome’s lighting systems reliability, in a manner that ensures continuity of guidance to, and control of aircraft and vehicles, as follows:

• (1) For a precision approach runway Category II or III, the system of preventive maintenance shall have as its objective that, during any period of Category II or III operations, all approach and runway lights are serviceable and that, in any event, at least:

• (i) 95 % of the lights are serviceable in each of the following elements:

• (A) precision approach Category II and III lighting system, the inner 450 m;

• (B) runway centre line lights;

• (C) runway threshold lights;

• (D) runway edge lights.

• (ii) 90 % of the lights are serviceable in the touchdown zone lights;

• (iii) 85 % of the lights are serviceable in the approach lighting system beyond 450 m;

• (iv) 75 % of the lights are serviceable in the runway-end lights.

• (2) The lights that may be unserviceable in accordance with point (1) shall not alter the basic pattern of the lighting system.

• (3) An unserviceable light shall not be permitted adjacent to another unserviceable light, except in a barrette or a crossbar where two adjacent unserviceable lights may be permitted.

• (4) For a stop bar that is provided at a runway-holding position and is used in conjunction with a runway intended for operations in runway visual range conditions less than a value of 550 m, the system of preventive maintenance shall have the following objectives:

• (i) no more than two lights shall remain unserviceable;

• (ii) two adjacent lights shall not remain unserviceable unless the light spacing is significantly less than that required.

• (5) For a taxiway intended for use in runway visual range conditions less than a value of 550 m, the system of preventive maintenance shall have as its objective that no two adjacent taxiway centre line lights be unserviceable.

• (6) For a precision approach runway Category I, the system of preventive maintenance employed shall have as its objective that, during any period of Category I operations, all approach and runway lights are serviceable and that, in any event:

• (i) at least 85 % of the lights are serviceable in each of the following:

• (A) precision approach Category I lighting system;

• (B) runway threshold lights;

• (C) runway edge lights;

• (D) runway-end lights;

• (ii) an unserviceable light shall not be permitted adjacent to another unserviceable light unless the light spacing is significantly less than that required.

• (7) For a runway meant for take-off in runway visual range conditions less than a value of 550 m, the system of preventive maintenance shall have as its objective that, during any period of operations, all runway lights are serviceable, and that, in any event:

• (i) at least:

• (A) 95 % of the lights are serviceable in the runway centre line lights (where provided) and in the runway edge lights;

• (B) 75 % of the lights are serviceable in the runway-end lights;

• (ii) an unserviceable light shall not be permitted adjacent to another unserviceable light.

• (8) For a runway meant for take-off in runway visual range conditions of a value of 550 m or greater, the system of preventive maintenance shall have as its objective that, during any period of operations, all runway lights are serviceable, and that, in any event:

• (i) at least 85 % of the lights are serviceable in the runway edge lights and runway-end lights;

• (ii) an unserviceable light shall not be permitted adjacent to another unserviceable light.

• (9) For a runway equipped with visual approach slope indicator systems, the system of preventive maintenance shall have as its objective that, during any period of operations, all units are serviceable. A unit shall be considered unserviceable if the number of unserviceable lights is such that the unit does not provide the intended guidance to the aircraft.

• (c) For the purposes of point (b), a light shall be deemed to be unserviceable if:

• (1) the main beam average intensity is less than 50 % of the value specified in the certification specifications issued by the Agency. For light units where the designed main beam average intensity is above the value specified in the certification specifications issued by the Agency, the 50 % value shall be related to that design value;

• (2) the filter associated with the light is missing, damaged, or the light does not produce the correct colour light beam.

• (d) The aerodrome operator shall establish and implement a preventive and corrective maintenance programme to ensure the serviceability and reliability of the system of markings and signs of the aerodrome, in a manner that ensures continuity of guidance to, and control of aircraft and vehicles.

• (e) Construction or maintenance activities shall not take place in the proximity of aerodrome electrical systems when low-visibility procedures are in effect at the aerodrome.

• (f) The aerodrome operator shall ensure that:

• (1) the preventive maintenance programmes referred to in points (a), (b) and (d) include appropriate inspections and checks of the individual elements of each system, and of the system itself, which are conducted in accordance with established procedures, and at defined intervals, appropriate to the intended operation and system;

• (2) appropriate corrective actions are taken to rectify any identified defects.

• (g) The aerodrome operator shall maintain records of the relevant maintenance activities.’.

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